Giovanni Battista Cipriani
( 1727 - 1785 )
Castor and Pollux
1783
Oil on canvas
274.9 x 316.2 cm (108 ¹/₄ x 124 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed and dated: ‘CIPRIANI.PINT.1783’
Exhibited Leger Galleries, London, 1995
Private collection, United Kingdom
Acquired from the artist by George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (1730-1791), Houghton Hall, Norfolk, where recorded in the 1792 inventory as hanging in the Saloon
Thence by descent at Houghton to George Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1919-1990)
The Rt. Hon. John Armar Lowry Corry, 8th Earl Belmore, Castle Coole, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Thence by descent at Houghton to George Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1919-1990)
The Rt. Hon. John Armar Lowry Corry, 8th Earl Belmore, Castle Coole, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Rev. M. Pilkington, A Dictionary of Painters from the Revival of the Art to the Present Period, revised and updated by H. Fuseli, London, 1810, p, 117
S. Redgrave, A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, London, 1878, p. 83
H. Croft-Murray, Decorative Painting in England 1537-1837, London, 1970, p. 186
British paintings, watercolours and drawings, exh.cat., Leger Galleries, London, 1995, p. 17
S. Redgrave, A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, London, 1878, p. 83
H. Croft-Murray, Decorative Painting in England 1537-1837, London, 1970, p. 186
British paintings, watercolours and drawings, exh.cat., Leger Galleries, London, 1995, p. 17